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earwigging
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English
Verb
earwigging
- present participle and gerund of earwig
Noun
earwigging (plural earwiggings)
- An attempt to influence by persistent confidential argument or talk.
- (British, Ireland, colloquial, dated) A telling-off or reprimand.
- Synonym: wigging
References
- (telling-off): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary
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